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#CBDAAD — Light Muted Green

#CBDAAD is a green color we call Light Muted Green, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CBDAAD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CBDAAD is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BDAEDB; it also sits naturally between #DBD3AE and #B5DBAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CBDAAD · RGB 203, 218, 173

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Color values

HEX#CBDAAD
RGB203, 218, 173
HSL80°, 38%, 77%
HSV80°, 21%, 85%
CMYK7%, 0%, 21%, 15%
XYZ57.24, 65.86, 49.23
Yxy65.86, 0.3322, 0.3822
CIE-Lab84.92, -12.77, 20.50
Hunter Lab81.15, -11.96, 17.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 85% · Blue 68%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 15%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CBDAAD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CBDAAD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CBDAAD

.text { color: #CBDAAD; }
.background { background-color: #CBDAAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CBDAAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(203, 218, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(80, 38%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CBDAAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(203, 218, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CBDAAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(203, 218, 173, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CBDAAD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CBDAAD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CBDAAD

#BCD095#AAC379#9BB861#8AA94C#769041#5F7434#4B5B29#37431E#202711#0B0E06

Tints of #CBDAAD

#D0DEB5#D5E1BC#D9E4C3#DEE7CA#E2EAD1#E4ECD5#E9EFDC#EDF2E3#F2F6EA#F6F9F1

Tones of #CBDAAD

#CBD8B1#CAD4B5#C9D1B7#C7CEBB#C7CBBE#C5C7C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDAEDB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.17:1 AAA

Best text color on #CBDAAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CBDAAD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CBDAAD: ·

How #CBDAAD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D1D2B8Deuteranopia · #D1D0BBTritanopia · #CCC0C2

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CBDAAD rather than the exact color:

Palette Cadcae
#CADCAE · #E1E9C9 · #EDA35A · #FEE8D9
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E0E5B6 · #FAEDCE · #FEFAE0
Palette F6ffde
#F6FFDE · #E3F2C1 · #C9DBB2 · #AAC8A7
Palette Ff8a8a
#FF8A8A · #F4DEB3 · #F0EAAC · #CCE0AC
Palette Ffc5c5
#FFC5C5 · #FFEBD8 · #C7DCA7 · #89B9AD

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#CADCAE#CCD5AE#C9DBB2#CCE0AC#C7DCA7#CCD6A6#C4D7B2#C4DFAA#C9D8B6#CDE4AD#CBE2B5#D2DCB6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CBDAAC  ·  #CBDAAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CBDAAD?

#CBDAAD is Light Muted Green, a green color (RGB 203, 218, 173). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CBDAAD?

#CBDAAD is RGB 203, 218, 173 — HSL 80°, 38%, 77% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 21%, 15%.

What colors go with #CBDAAD?

Its complement is #BDAEDB; analogous partners are #DBD3AE and #B5DBAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CBDAAD for text?

Black text on #CBDAAD has a contrast ratio of 14.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.